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{{Short description|Form of Hindu deity Vishnu}}
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[[File:The Ivory Carving of lord Vrishnu.jpg|thumb|Ivory depiction of Vishnu as Adimurti]]
[[File:Vishnu Adimurti Statue 20.jpg|293x293px|thumb|Statue of Adimurti at the [[National Museum of Indonesia]]]]

'''Adimurti''' ({{Langx|sa|आदिमूर्ति|translit=Ādimūrti}}) is a form of the Hindu deity [[Vishnu]]. It is regarded to be similar to his form of [[Narayana]]. In this form, Vishnu is depicted to be seated upon the coils of his serpent, [[Shesha]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chandra |first=Suresh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mfTE6kpz6XEC&dq=Adimurti&pg=PA2 |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindu Gods and Goddesses |date=1998 |publisher=Sarup & Sons |isbn=978-81-7625-039-9 |page=2 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Gupte |first=Ramesh Shankar |title=Iconography of the Hindus, Buddhists, and Jains |date=1972 |publisher=D. B. Taraporevala Sons |pages=34 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=Saligrama Krishna Ramachandra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LIzrAAAAMAAJ&q=adi+murti+shesha |title=Pratima Kosha: Descriptive Glossary of Indian Iconography |date=1988 |publisher=IBH Prakashana |pages=139 |language=en}}</ref>

== Iconography ==
Adimurti is a [[Chaturbhuja|four-armed]] representation of Vishnu, portraying his primordial form. He is seated in the [[sukhasana]] pose upon the coils of a snake, with his left leg folded over the serpent, and the right leg hanging sideways. Five or seven heads of Shesha form a canopy over his head, and hold the symbols of the deity. He is accompanied by his two consorts.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Stutley |first=Margaret |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vQWQDwAAQBAJ&dq=%C4%80dim%C5%ABrti&pg=PT47 |title=The Illustrated Dictionary of Hindu Iconography |date=2019-04-09 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-62425-4 |pages=47 |language=en}}</ref>

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